• CommCat [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    His political goal is to save capitalism from itself, that is what he literally wants. He doesn't believe the radical left is ready to seize power so it's best to create a more humanistic capitalism. I don't know why leftists still prop him up, maybe just starry eyed admiration because of his elitist academic presence.

    • chapoid [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Because he was already an accelerationist in his youth. He talked about living in London at the time and how he thought Thatcher would galvanize the left against her and instead she broke the back of the working class and set them back decades.